Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Is Brad Pitt an existentialist?

Madeline came up with another cool fact today! Did you know that Brad Pitt has a French tattoo? It reads "Absurdités de l'existence" roughly translating as the absurdity of life/existence.
We were all very impressed! Could he possibly be a fan of Camus?

Heres what he had to say about it in his interview with "Le Figaro" in October last year:
Le Figaro: Votre tatouage a l'air de dire que l'existence n'a pas de sens... non ?(Il rit.)

Brad Pitt: Je pense que l'existence elle-même n'est pas absurde mais qu'elle est pleine de choses absurdes. La tragédie, pour moi, c'est de se voir piégé à un carrefour parce qu'on est incapable de choisir son propre chemin.
Our final comment? C'est la vie Brad!

1 comment:

Shimna said...

That's wee Sahara on his knee. Sahara came from Ethiopia to the US on the same week as my wee niece Anneliya, so we pretend they are cousins, and Angelina is her auntie, Jon Voigt is her Grandpa etc. Sad of us, but there you are.